The BBC has published an interesting story featuring blogging and podcasting pioneer Dave Winer. In the article, one of the topics that Winer touches on is his vision for a better portable media player for listening to podcasts: In order to really work for podcasting, I think a new kind of player needs to have […]

Apple sent an email today to people that have expressed interest in getting an iPhone. The email offers information about the new mobile device and tips on how to get ready for it. (!) The biggest news in the message is that Apple says that “To set up your iPhone, you’ll need an account with […]

Media search technology company PodZinger has announced they will re-brand as EveryZing to reflect in its name that its future business operations which will go beyond podcasting. The company also announced a major expansion plan into all forms of online multimedia content. PodZinger’s speech-to-text technology extracts text from audio and video files, offering additional information […]

The Amergence Group announced today that it acquiring SonicMountain, the parent company of podcasting community Odeo.com. Under the terms of the agreement, SonicMountain will become a wholly owned subsidiary of The Amergence Group. According to the Amergence Group: Now, SonicMountain will have the resources to revolutionize Odeo’s environment and add exciting new features to its […]

While updates to Apple’s OS X, iPhone app development and Safari for Windows may be the most talked-about introductions from Steve Jobs’ WWDC keynote address, updates to Mac OS X Leopard Server include significant features for podcasters. According to Apple, Leopard Server is the most significant improvement to the server operating system since Mac OS […]

Apple today announced that the iPhone will run applications created with “Web 2.0” Internet standards when it begins shipping on June 29. Developers can create applications which look and behave just like the applications built into iPhone, and which can seamlessly access iPhone‚Äôs services, including making a phone call, sending an email and displaying a […]

Filmmakers Arin Crumley & Susan Buice have released their film, Four Eyed Monster, in full on YouTube. The movie’s creation was documented as the Four Eyed Monster video podcast,and the movie is said to be the first full-length film officially released on YouTube. Crumley & Buice’s work is notable for the ways that they have […]

The Diffusion Group reports that, based on their latest research, 11% of adult broadband users (some 12 million US consumers) listen to podcasts at least once per month. They also predict that the podcast audience will more than double in the next five years, to 24% of broadband users (38.5 million Americans) by 2012. While […]

Podcasters Across Borders 2007, a podcasting event scheduled for June 22-24 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, will feature sessions, panels, an audio production workshop, two major concerts and even a boat cruise. “We are approaching a second consecutive sellout,” said Mark Blevis, one of the show organizers. “We’ve attracted people from across Canada (including Whitehorse which […]

It looks like the mobile phone industry is starting to face the music – they’re introducing new features to try and close the gap between their offerings and those of Apple’s iPhone. Nokia has released its Nokia Media Transfer 1.0 beta, which lets you transfer pictures, videos, podcasts, music, and other files between your Nokia […]